December 2023
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- Funding
VC pitching platform helps founders find investors
It can be a nightmare for entrepreneurs to access backers for their start-ups, but some of the biggest investors in the industry are jumping on a new online marketplace.
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- Tess Bennett
August 2023
From riches to rags to riches again: Tamara Ralph’s couture comeback
Beyonce, Gwyneth Paltrow and Meghan Markle wore her designs, then everything fell apart. Now she’s back in the spotlight – in more ways than one.
- Glynis Traill-Nash
June 2023
From the Hyatt front desk to fintech start-up founder
Trenna Probert was 24 and working the front desk at the Park Hyatt in Sydney when a customer noticed she had the gift of the gab.
From sleeping in the warehouse to $40m in sales
A focus on the four Ps – product, price, place and promotion – has helped Hannah Drury’s business grow at 30 to 40 per cent a year.
May 2023
‘Don’t care what other people think’: This founder’s key to success
Gabrielle Manning was climbing the ladder of a corporate career in the fashion industry until, in her early 30s, she and two of her sisters quit their jobs to go it alone.
- Julie-anne Sprague
- Opinion
- Opinion
Fraudster Elizabeth Holmes isn’t fooling anyone (but she keeps trying)
The Theranos founder understood that almost everyone – journalists, investors, patients, doctors – can be swayed by a pat narrative.
- Benjamin Mazer
- Opinion
- Opinion
Chief Executive Women’s new push: Free childcare
Susan Lloyd-Hurwitz is determined to ensure Chief Executive Women under her presidency continues its transition from being a voice for “elite” women to a voice for all women.
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- Jennifer Hewett
How Ultra Violette went from 3000 Insta followers to global brand
Bec Jefferd and Ava Chandler-Matthews worked together at Mecca before realising no-one was marketing the ultimate anti-ageing product: daily sunscreen.
- Julie-anne Sprague